New Netherland Settler Sketches

Name

Barent Baltus. Spelling variations include Barrent or Baerendt, Balthens, Balten, Balthenssen, or Baltes. Baltus is a patronymic which indicates his father was named Baltus, short for Balthazar. Dutch records call him “van der Lip[p]sta[d]t” or “van der Lippe.”[1] As his marriage intentions say that he was from Lippstadt, “van der Lippstadt” was probably used to indicate his place of origin rather than as a surname.[2] Lippstadt is also known as Lippe, not to be confused with the County of Lippe.[3]

Even though Barent is the progenitor of the Van Kleeck family (and its spelling variations), there are no known sources in which he himself used this surname.

A man named Barent Baltens sold a house and yard in Haarlem, Holland in February 1660.[4] This Barent in Haarlem cannot be the same man as the Barent in New Netherland, because the latter died by November 1659.[5]

Origin

Barent was from Lippstadt, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[6] Prior to emigration he lived in places in the current province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands. In October 1630 and April 1631, he lived in Haarlem at “de Kroft.”[7] Five years later he was living in the same city, in Grote Houtstraat.[8] He later moved to Amsterdam, where at the time of his third marriage in 1647, he lived in “de Emster” (the Amstel).[9]

Migration

Barent migrated to New Netherland between October 1651, when he was still in Amsterdam, Holland (witness at the marriage of his son),[10] and September 1655 (signatory of a letter).[11]

Settlement

Prior to his residence in Midwout, he lived in Gravesend in 1655.[12] Barent next settled in Midwout, New Netherland, by 1657.[13]

Biographical Details

Barent was born around 1604, as he was 32 years old when he made a deposition in 1636.[14] Since Lippstadt is mentioned in his marriage record, it is possible that he was born there.[15] However, it may only have been a prior place of residence.

Barent died on or shortly before 5 October 1659, when the churchwardens of Midwout received 12 guilders for the funeral of Barent Baltus.[16] This is consistent with a reference to his widow in November 1659.[17]

It seems likely that his father’s name was Baltus (Balthazar). Not only did Barent use that name as a patronymic, but he also gave it to his second son.

Marriage and Children

Barent married three times. He married (1) Sara Pieters in Haarlem on 18 May 1631 (marriage intentions registered on 27 April of the same year).[18] Sara must have died between 1634 (birth of son) and 1636 (subsequent marriage of Barent).

Child from the first marriage:

1. Pieter, son of Barent Baltenssen van der Lipstadt and Sara Pieters, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 7 March 1634 (witnesses: Jacob Bans, Magdalena Ottermans, Lijsbeth Baltens).[19] He married Abigail Jans in Ouderkerk, Holland on 12 November 1651 (marriage intentions registered in Amsterdam on 21 October of that year).[20] In the marriage intentions he was referred to as “Pieter Barentss van Kleeck, van Haerlem.” The addition of “from Haarlem” makes it clear that “Van Kleeck” was used as a surname.

Barent married (2) Maria or Maijken de Quijter(s) in Haarlem on 29 January 1636 (marriage intentions registered on 6 January of that same year).[21] Maria was baptized in Haarlem on 17 August 1611 as a daughter of Laurens de Quijter and Catelijne Calewaert.[22] She must have died between April 1647 (birth of daughter) and November 1647 (subsequent marriage of Barent).

Children from the second marriage:

2. Catalijntjen (Catherine), daughter of Barent Baltens van der Lipstadt and Maeijke de Quijter, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 18 January 1637 (witnesses: Laurens de Quijter, Tanneke Caluwaerdt).[23] She married Paulus Martensz van Benthuijsen.[24]
3. Janneken, daughter of Baerendt Baltes van der Lipstadt and Maijken de Quijter, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 1 September 1638 (witnesses: Abraham de Quijter, Saertien Philips).[25] She had marriage intentions registered in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam (1) on 22 February 1659 with Jan Quisthout van der Linden, from Brussels, and (2) on 20 October 1663 with Jan Pieterszen (Bosch), from “Goestrop in Gulickerlant.”[26]
4. Maijken, daughter of Barent Baltusz van Lipstat and Maijken de Quijter, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 25 December 1639 (witnesses: Olivier Janssen and Anneken Calwerts).[27] She married Jan Herberding, from Bocholt in Westphalia (in present-day Germany), in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York on 25 December 1667 (marriage intentions registered in New York on 8 December of that same year).[28]
5. Elsien, daughter of Baerendt Baltes van Lipstadt and Maijke de Quijters, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 11 August 1641 (witnesses: Jan Wendels, Annetie Baltes).[29] She married Robert Sanders around 1664/5.[30]
6. Saertie, daughter of Barent Balthens van der Lijpstadt and Maijken Laurens, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 3 July 1643 (witnesses: Abram Jansz, Lijsbeth Balthens).[31] She and Benjamin Provoost, from Bedford in England, had marriage intentions registered in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York on 22 June 1670.[32]
7. Balthasar (or Baltus), son of Barent Balthus van der Lippe and Maijke de Guijter, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 6 August 1645 (witnesses: Johannes Tritsum, Maijke Caluwaert, Wijntjen Heijes).[33] In 1674 Baltus paid the churchwardens of Flatbush a marriage fee of 6 guilders, and in January 1676 he paid 20 guilders for a grave in the church for his wife.[34] This suggests that Baltus had already been married once before he married Trijntje Buijs, with whom he had several children.[35]
8. Anna, daughter of Barent Baltusz vander Lipstat and Maijken de Quijter, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Haarlem on 10 April 1647 (witnesses: Laurens de Quijter, Lijsbeth Wendels).[36] Since there are no known sources in which she appears, it is possible that she died as an infant.

Barent married (3) Aachje Pouwels in Ouderkerk on 17 November 1647 (marriage intentions registered in Amsterdam on 2 November of that same year).[37] Aachje survived her husband and married Isaack Claesen, between November 1659 and April 1660.[38] In their prenuptial agreement, Barent and Aachje agreed that there would be no community property. All the bride’s possessions would go to her heirs after her death, who would not be liable for any debts incurred by the groom before the marriage. If Aachje were to die first, Barent would receive 100 guilders. If she survived him, Aachje would receive a child’s share of Barent’s estate.[39]

Child from the third marriage:

9. Powels, son of Barrent Baltens and Aeijen Powels, baptized in the Noorderkerk Dutch Reformed Church of Amsterdam on 30 June 1649 (witness: Jan Powelsz).[40] Since there are no known sources in which he appears, it is possible that he died as an infant.

Education

The inhabitants of the Lippstadt area spoke Westphalian Low German (Plattdeutsch). Even though Barent probably did not fully understand the Dutch language in Haarlem, it would have been relatively easy for him to learn it.

Barent was able to write his own name.[41]

Occupation

Barent was a tailor in Haarlem in 1636, 1638, and 1645.[42] He was a ribbon weaver in 1647.[43] He was also mentioned as a tobacco seller in Haarlem.[44] He worked as carter in Amsterdam at the time of his third marriage in 1647.[45] In his prenuptial agreement from 1647 he is referred to as a “jager aan de paardenstal,” which probably means that he rode a horse pulling a towboat along a canal.[46] In 1651 he was a tailor in Amsterdam.[47] The fact that his heirs sold livestock in 1660 may indicate that he farmed in Midwout.[48]

Holdings and Estate

When Lucas de Clerck sold a house on “Moeriaensstege” in Haarlem in July 1638 on behalf of several members of the Van Steenkiste family, Barent Baltus was named as the owner of an adjacent lot.[49] It was most likely this property (described as a house and yard, located on Lange Margarethastraat, with direct access to “Moeriaenssteechien”) which Dirck Lambertsz Santloper sold on behalf of Barent’s son Pieter in 1648.[50] The fact that it was not Barent but his son Pieter who was the legal owner of this house and lot is evident from an agreement dated 1636 in which Sara Pieters’ child received, from the estate of his maternal grandmother, a house with a lot on “Lange Margrietenstraat,” as well as a sum of 600 guilders.[51] Probably to prevent these possessions from falling into the hands of Barent’s creditors, his son Pieter drew up a will in 1648. In it, he named his half-siblings as heirs, and his father Barent was granted no more than the usufruct of his estate.[52] There was a good reason for this, as in November 1647 the magistrate of Haarlem ordered the sale of Barent’s property to pay off his creditors. To that end, the magistrate granted Dirck Lambertsz Santlooper permission to sell properties belonging to the insolvent and abandoned estate of Barent Baltensz, a fugitive tobacco seller. Santlooper sold a house with a yard, located on Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem, which had a sign featuring an orchard. He sold it for 2,440 guilders.[53] The heirs of Christina Fredericxs van Sloten were likely among the creditors, as Barent owed her 500 guilders.[54] And so was Abraham Vlamingh, for the amount of 582 guilders, 8 stivers and 14 pennies.[55]

Later in life, Barent owned property in Midwout. According to the surveyor Jacques Corteljouw, Hendrick Jansz Been owned land in Midwout, situated on the west side of the highway between Bartel Lot and Barent Baltus. Hendrick Been also jointly owned two meadows (marked no. 23 and no. 3) with Barent Baltus.[56] On 7 April 1660, Tieleman Van Vleck, acting as the representative of the heirs of Barent Baltus, requested permission to settle their father’s debts by selling real estate and livestock that had until then been in the possession of Baltus’s widow, Eeggijn Poulus, and her second husband Isaack Claesen.[57]

Church Membership

On 9 October 1630, Barent was admitted as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in Haarlem.[58] His marriages in Haarlem (1631, 1636) and Ouderkerk (1647), as well as his children’s baptisms in Haarlem and Amsterdam, all took place in the Dutch Reformed Church.

The deacons’ accounts of the Dutch Reformed Church in Midwout show payments to “the poor,” including Barent Baltus in the years 1657, 1658 and 1659.[59] The deacons provided financial assistance to members of the church.

Associations

Barent had a sister Lijsbet, who married Gillis Albertsz and lived in Amsterdam. She named Barent in her will of 1655; he and their sister Annetje were to inherit should Lijsbet’s daughter Rebecca predecease her without leaving any descendants.[60] In her wills of 1665, 1666, and 1668, she named Barent’s children Catalijntjen, Janneken, Maijken, Elsien, Saertie, and Baltus as her heirs.[61] Lijsbet was a witness at the baptisms of Barent’s son Pieter (1634) and daughter Saertie (1643).[62]

Another sister was Annetje Baltus. She was a witness at the baptism of Barent’s daughter Elsien (1641).[63] In her will from 1655, Lijsbet Baltus bequeathed money to her sister Annetje.[64]

Barent Baltus was one of ten men who wrote a letter to the New Netherland Council about the Native American threats in Gravesend. The other nine men were: Jacobus van Curler, Jan Tomassen, Huybert Jansen Stoock, Jacob Hellakas, Luycas van der Liphorst, Hendrick Cornelissen, Jan Jacobsen, Willem Willemsen, and Cornelis Beeckman.[65] He jointly owned land with Hendrick Jansz Been.[66]

Additional Details

Barent Baltus was one of ten men who, in September 1655, informed the New Netherland Council of the Native Americans’ attempts to drive the Dutch out of Long Island. They wrote “that it would be best for us and the preservation of our lives, if we separated from them [= the English residents] and moved to the Manhatans.” The consequence of a possible departure would be that “Long Island would be entirely bereft of Dutch people.” If the council were to advise them to come to Manhattan, then “we will be unable to feed ourselves with our wives and children.”[67]

In the years 1657, 1658, and 1659 the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church in Midwout incurred costs for the upkeep of Barent Baltus.[68] The amounts ranged from 5 to 20 guilders, but this does not necessarily mean that Barent received cash: on two occasions, he received corn and grain. It is possible that the other payments were also made in kind.

That Baltus was in a precarious financial situation is evident not only from the payments made by the deacons but also from the request by his heirs to sell real estate and livestock in order to settle his debts. On 7 April 1660, the schepenen [magistrates] allowed the heirs to sell the real estate and cattle to pay the debts contracted by Baerent Baltes, during his lifetime, provided that the heirs released Isaack Claesen from all debts.”[69]

Literature

“A Contribution to the Van Kleeck Genealogy.” The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook 46 (1977–1979): 17–18.

Bacon, William Plumb. Ancestors of Rev. Williams Howe Whittemore ... and of his wife Maria Clark. Privately published, 1907. Includes Van Kleeck (pp. 119–120).

“Baltus Barents Van Kleeck,” in Genealogical Record of Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York 2 (1916): 128.

Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y. New York, 1881. Includes brief entry for Barent Baltus (p. 19) and mentions his widow (p. 364).

Glazier, Prentiss. Four families of Dutchess Co., N. Y.: LeRoy, Palmatier-Parmentier, Van de Bogart and VanKleeck. 1974. Not continuously paginated. Includes Van Kleeck (final chapter).

Hoff, Henry B. “A Johnson/Jansen family of Brooklyn and New York,” pt. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 111 (1980): 65–74. Discusses marriage of Barent Baltus’s daughter Jannetje Barents (p. 67).

Nooter, Eric. “Poor Relief in Pre-Revolutionary Flatbush, Long Island.” De Halve Maen 79(1) (Spring 2006): 11–14. Mentions payment for the burial of Barent Baltus by the deacons of the Flatbush Reformed church in 1659 (p. 12).

Van Benthuysen, Alvin S., and Edwin Robert van Kleeck. The Van Kleeck Genealogy. Typescript, New York Public Library collection, 1957. Includes details on Barent Baltus and his descendants (pp. 6–10).

Van Benthuysen, Alvin Seward, and Edith M. McIntosh Hall. The Van Benthuysen genealogy: Descendants of Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen, of Benthuizen, Holland, who settled in Albany, N. Y. Clay Center, Kansas, 1953. Includes Van Kleeck (pp. 454–55).

Van Kleeck, Edwin R. “Developing ‘Finds’ in Early Colonial History.” De Halve Maen 36(4) (January 1962): 5–6, 10. Mentions Barent Baltus, two of his children, and descendants who settled in Poughkeepsie.

_____. “Old Records in the Netherlands.” De Halve Maen 32(4) (January 1958): 6, 9. Mentions Barent Baltus, his three spouses and some of the children in records from Haarlem.

_____. “Shaking the Family Tree.” De Halve Maen 27(2) (July 1952): 1, 7–10. Mentions Barent Baltus, and descendants who settled in Poughkeepsie. Claims that the family name Van Kleeck was added by Barent’s son Baltus.

Van Kleeck, Frank. The Van Kleeck family: an account of its origin, and a record of that branch of it represented by the descendants of Tunis Van Kleeck of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. . . . Privately published, 1900. Includes the paternal line from the author back to Balthus Barentszen Van Kleeck, the son of Barent Baltus. Also includes some historical notes on the older generations, and transcriptions of the Flatbush Court Minutes, dated 19 November 1659 and 17 April 1660 (pp. 5–6).

Source Editions

Gehring, Charles T., ed. Council Minutes 1655–1656. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University, 1995. Letter from Gravesend to the Council concerning Indian threats (pp. 85–86).

Van Cleef, Frank L., ed. “Marriage Fees; Deaths; Members and other miscellaneous matter culled from the records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Town of Flatbush, Kings Co., New York.” Typescript. Brooklyn, New York, 1915. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-B9RS-G. Payments by Baltus Barentsz to the churchwardens of Flatbush (pp. 20–21).

Citations

[1] Baptism of Pieter, son of Barent Baltenssen van der Lipstadt and Sara Pieters, 7 March 1634, in Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register, 1 January 1632–19 September 1636, p. 228; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/2E5B167D5A9941E390949FEC02346FB4), image 232 of 500; citing call no. 9, Record Group [RG] 2142: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken (DTB) (retroacta van de burgerlijke stand) van Haarlem [baptismal, marriage, and burial books (predecessors of the civil registration) of Haarlem], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Baptism of Balthasar, son of Barent Balthus van der Lippe and Maijke de Guijter, 6 August 1645, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register, 28 September 1642–30 November 1645, p. 343; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/E7C4D5474269480B8E7A6CE768E9B0C1), image 347 of 390; citing call no. 12, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[2] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltes and Sara Pieters, 27 April 1631, in Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), marriage intentions register, 3 January 1627–3 January 1638, p. 144; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/5C77C2356F3044B594091705F1246F8E), image 154 of 438; citing call no. 50, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[3] “Lippstadt,” Genwiki (https://wiki.genealogy.net/Lippstadt: accessed 13 April 2026).

[4] Sale of a house and yard from Nannicgh Jacobs Vroom to Barent Baltensz, 10 February 1660, in Willem van Kittensteyn, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 4 January–2 July 1660, fol. 50r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/04F4A80B32BB403EB4D8B5BDDF879F12), image 52 of 262; citing call no. 286, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[5] Jacop Peaen vs. the widow of Barent Baltes, 19 November 1659, in Court of Flatbush, Liber B, court minutes, deeds, 1659–1664, p. 12a; imaged, NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_004_001, image 27 of 189; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[6] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltes and Sara Pieters, 27 April 1631. Admittance of Barent Baltus as a church member, 9 October 1630, in Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), church members book, 1609–1632, p. 407; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/ACEAC607534048E498CA52FD09C6B30F), image 206 of 233; citing call no. 100, RG 1551: Kerkenraad van de Nederlands-Hervormde Gemeente te Haarlem [Church council of the Dutch Reformed Church in Haarlem], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[7] Admittance of Barent Baltus as a church member, 9 October 1630. It is very likely that this is the present-day street known as De Krocht.

[8] Marriage intentions of Baerent Baltes and Maijken Quiters, 6 January 1636, in Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), marriage intentions register, 27 January 1627–3 January 1638, p. 305; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/5C77C2356F3044B594091705F1246F8E), image 315 of 438; citing call no. 50, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[9] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltuss and Aechtie Pouwels, 2 November 1647, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1647–1648, p. 211; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/5e80f3be-9a84-43f4-9880-aabbaefdb234); citing call no. 465, RG 5001: Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) [Archives of the Civil Registration: baptismal, marriage, and burial books of Amsterdam (predecessors of the civil registration)], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[10] Marriage intentions of Pieter Barentss van Kleeck and Abigail Janss, 21 October 1651, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1651–1652, p. 289; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/13e29fc3-88aa-4457-9263-0ceb3edbf34e); citing call no. 469, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[11] Letter from residents of Gravesend to the New Netherland Council, 3 September 1655, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 6, 1655–1656, pp. 88–90; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/Detail/objects/52344), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0088; citing series A1809, New York State Archives, Albany, New York. Barent’s name is no longer legible on the letter due to fire damage. A translation of the document is in Charles T. Gehring, ed., Council Minutes 1655-1656 (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University, 1995), 85–86. Letter from Dutch settlers to the director and council, 8 September 1655, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 7, 1655–1656, pp. 83–84; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/56710), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V07_pt1_0083; citing series A1809, New York State Archives, Albany, New York. This copy of the same letter shows Barent’s signature.

[12] Letter from residents of Gravesend to the New Netherland Council, 3 September 1655. Will of Lijsbet Baltes, 25 September 1655, in Cornelis de Grijp, notary (Amsterdam), minutes and extracts of wills and prenuptial agreements, 26 September 1653–12 February 1655, fols. 87r–88v; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/0b7a6c00-7fb8-cff0-3bf9-7cb6b6a41dcc), images 102–4 of 309, citing call no. 2600, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lijsbet Baltes named her brother Barent, living in Gravesend in New Netherland, as her heir.

[13] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vol. 2: Midwood Deacons’ Accounts, 1654–1709 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 2009), 315.

[14] Statement by Laurens de Quijter and Baerent Baltes, 10 November 1636, in Egbert van Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 11 March 1621–8 November 1634 and 11 September 1636–3 February 1642, fol. 62v; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/35AD82AB4CB74DF6AD10C26B795DB08E), image 66 of 302; citing call no. 57, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[15] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltes and Sara Pieters, 27 April 1631.

[16] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, 2: 321.

[17] Jacop Peaen vs. the widow of Barent Baltes, 19 November 1659.

[18] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltes and Sara Pieters, 27 April 1631.

[19] Baptism of Pieter, son of Barent Baltenssen van der Lipstadt and Sara Pieters, 7 March 1634.

[20] Marriage intentions of Pieter Barentss van Kleeck and Abigail Janss, 21 October 1651.

[21] Marriage intentions of Baerent Baltes and Maijken Quiters, 6 January 1636.

[22] Baptism of Maria, daughter of Laurens de Quijtere and Catelijne Calewaert, 17 August 1611, in Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register, 26 September 1636–18 September 1639, p. 223; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/EBD9B84D027141CB8387D0D512886E75), image 229 of 448; citing call no. 5, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[23] Baptism of Catalijntjen, daughter of Barent Baltens van der Lipstadt and Maeijke de Quijter, 18 January 1637, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register 26 September 1636–18 September 1639, p. 36; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/80FC545BC63842889DE854BA41BF84EA), image 40 of 336; citing call no. 10, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[24] Alvin Seward Van Benthuysen and Edith M. McIntosh Hall, The Van Benthuysen genealogy: Descendants of Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen, of Benthuizen, Holland, who settled in Albany, N. Y., (Kansas: Clay Center, 1953), 454–55. Frank Van Kleeck, The Van Kleeck family: an account of its origin, and a record of that branch of it represented by the descendants of Tunis Van Kleeck of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (privately published, 1900), 20.

[25] Baptism of Janneken, daughter of Baerendt Baltes van der Lipstadt and Maijken de Quijter, 1 September 1638, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register 26 September 1636–18 September 1639, p. 209; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/80FC545BC63842889DE854BA41BF84EA), image 213 of 336; citing call no. 10, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[26] Marriage intentions of Jan Quisthout van der Linden and Jannetje Barents, 22 February 1659, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 599; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Manhattan > Collegiate Church . . . > image 488 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Marriage intentions of Jan Pieterszen and Janneken Barents, 20 October 1663, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 610; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Manhattan > Collegiate Church . . . > image 499 of 1410.

[27] Baptism of Maijken, daughter of Barent Baltusz van Lipstat and Maijken de Quijter, 25 December 1639, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register 20 September 1639–26 September 1642, p. 30; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/97B848150BED44159C2D31563C3CD8CF), image 34 of 376; citing call no. 11, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[28] Marriage intentions of Jan Herberding and Janneken Barents, 8 December 1667, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 617; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Manhattan > Collegiate Church . . . > image 506 of 1410.

[29] Baptism of Elsien, daughter of Baerendt Baltes van Lipstadt and Maijke de Quijters, 11 August 1641.

[30] Frank Van Kleeck, The Van Kleeck family, 8–10.

[31] Baptism of Saertie, daughter of Barent Balthens van der Lijpstadt and Maijken Laurens, 3 July 1643, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register 28 September 1642–30 November 1645, p. 97; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/E7C4D5474269480B8E7A6CE768E9B0C1), image 101 of 390; citing call no. 12, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. The entry is dated 3 June, but is between entries of 2 and 5 July, so should be July.

[32] Marriage intentions of Benjamin Provoost and Sara Barents, 22 June 1670, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 621; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Manhattan > Collegiate Church . . . > image 510 of 1410.

[33] Baptism of Balthasar, son of Barent Balthus van der Lippe and Maijke de Guijter, 6 August 1645.

[34] Frank L. Van Cleef, Marriage Fees; Deaths; Members and other miscellaneous matter culled from the records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Town of Flatbush, Kings Co., New York (Brooklyn, New York, 1915), 20-21.

[35] Frank Van Kleeck, The Van Kleeck family, 11.

[36] Baptism of Anna, daughter of Barent Baltusz vander Lipstat and Maijken de Quijter, 10 April 1647, in the Dutch Reformed Church (Haarlem), baptismal register 3 December 1645–31 December 1648, p. 161; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/04E9EDB0DA7F492492A06D671EC0CD13), image 165 of 362; citing call no. 13, RG 2142, Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[37] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltuss and Aechtie Pouwels, 2 November 1647 (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/5e80f3be-9a84-43f4-9880-aabbaefdb234).

[38] Jacop Peaen vs. the widow of Barent Baltes, 19 November 1659. Tijeleman van Vleck on behalf of the heirs of Baerent Baltus vs. Isaack Claesen, husband of Eeggeijn Poulus, 7 April 1660, in Court of Flatbush, Liber B, court minutes, deeds, 1659–1664, pp. 21a–22; imaged, NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_004_001, image 45 of 189; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[39] Prenuptial agreement between Baerent Baltussen and Aechjen Poulus, 16 November 1647, in Francois Meerhout, notary (Amsterdam), minutes of wills and prenuptial agreements, 25 July 1647–30 December 1655, fols. 5r–5v; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/bd7d865f-366a-2708-3e05-ca56e6379fbc), images 7–8 of 167, citing call no. 2092, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[40] Baptism of Powels, son of Barrent Baltens and Aeijen Powels, 30 June 1649, in the Noorderkerk Dutch Reformed Church (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1641–1653, p. 239; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/b7100b76-ccc6-42ff-9ac9-c5f6822c89ce); citing call no. 75, Record Group 5001: Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) [Archives of the Civil Registration: baptismal, marriage, and burial books of Amsterdam (predecessors of the civil registration)], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[41] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltuss and Aechtie Pouwels, 2 November 1647 (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/5e80f3be-9a84-43f4-9880-aabbaefdb234). Letter from Dutch settlers to the director and council, 8 September 1655.

[42] Statement by Janneke de Graet, 17 November 1636, in Egbert van Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 11 March 1621–8 November 1634 and 11 September 1636–3 February 1642, fol. 63r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/35AD82AB4CB74DF6AD10C26B795DB08E), image 66 of 302; citing call no. 57, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Agreement between the heirs of Jacob Bams Jr. and Baerent Baltes, 22 November 1636, in Egbert van Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 11 March 1621–8 November 1634 and 11 September 1636–3 February 1642, fols. 63v–64r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/35AD82AB4CB74DF6AD10C26B795DB08E), image 67 of 302; citing call no. 57, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Power of attorney from the heirs of Jacob Bams Jr. to Baerent Baltes, 15 November 1636, in Egbert van Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 6 January 1636–23 November 1638, fol. 266r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/E78F2CC83B46493691CABD176F3570FA), image 243 of 467; citing call no. 63, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Statements by Maeijcken van den Abele, Marigen Pieters, and Barent Baltens regarding the weighmaster in Haarlem, 19 October 1638, in Jacob van Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 13 November 1637–6 October 1640, fol. 155v–156r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/20C042EA9AC94DA7842EFAC207D34B53), image 159 of 363; citing call no. 168, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Statement by Abraham Vlemingh and his wife Lijntge, 15 March 1645, in Jacob Schoudt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 4 January 1644–1 November 1653, fol. 117v; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/394F62ABC35342EC9ED3E205DE4478EB), image 139 of 578; citing call no. 150, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands. Barent Baltes signed was one of two witnesses.

[43] Acknowledgement of debt from Barent Baltes to Abraham Vlamingh, 16 February 1647, in Salomon Coesaert, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 3 January 1647–31 December 1647, fol. 34r; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/AED8137FB5F542B8949A520DD01B5667), image 37 of 387; citing call no. 150, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[44] Conveyance by Dirck Lambertsz Santlooper to Barbara de la Chambre and Maria Maccare, 11 December 1647, in Aldermen’s Court (Haarlem), register of conveyances, no. 65, 1646–1647, fols. 312r–v, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-43TJ-Q9QM), image group number 009014752, images 166–67 of 280; citing Gemeentelijk Archief [now Noord-Hollands Archief], Haarlem, Netherlands.

[45] Marriage intentions of Barent Baltuss and Aechtie Pouwels, 2 November 1647.

[46] Prenuptial agreement between Baerent Baltussen and Aechjen Poulus, 16 November 1647.

[47] Agreement between Pieter Barentsz and Jeurriaen Jansz, 22 November 1651.

[48] Tijeleman van Vleck on behalf of the heirs of Baerent Baltus vs. Isaack Claesen, husband of Eeggeijn Poulus, 7 April 1660.

[49] Conveyance by Lucas de Clerck c.s. to Quijrtgen Claes, 28 July 1638, in Aldermen’s Court (Haarlem), register of conveyances, no. 58, 1638, fol. 158, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-43TJ-7N4S), image group number 009014745, image 177 of 218.

[50] Conveyance by Dirck Lambertsz Santloper to Jacob Hendricxsz de Meijer, 27 June 1648, in Aldermen’s Court (Haarlem), register of conveyances, no. 66, 1648–1649, fol. 87v, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-C3TJ-M271), image group number 009014713, image 98 of 311; citing Gemeentelijk Archief [now Noord-Hollands Archief], Haarlem, Netherlands.

[51] Agreement between the heirs of Jacob Bams Jr. and Baerent Baltes, 22 November 1636.

[52] Will of Pieter Barentsz, 15 June 1648, in Nicolaas Bosvelt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 8 June 1646–12 May 1648, fols. 54r–54v; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/B65105A352204554899FC3FA3E9E7D04), images 57–58 of 225; citing call no. 215, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[53] Conveyance by Dirck Lambertsz Santlooper to Barbara de la Chambre and Maria Maccare, 11 December 1647.

[54] Division of the estate of Christina Fredericxs van Sloten, 22 May 1647, in Jacob Schoudt, notary (Haarlem), minutes of miscellaneous notarial deeds, 9 January 1646–2 January 1647, fol. 172r [pencilled 200r]; imaged, “Archieven,” Noord-Hollands Archief (https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/B21B1EA1C9FA4BCC88556C892B3CA7F6), image 208 of 223; citing call no. 140, Record Group 1617: Notariële protocollen en akten van Notarissen te Haarlem (Oud Notarieel Archief Haarlem) [Notarial protocols and deeds from notaries in Haarlem (Old Notarial Archives Haarlem)], Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Netherlands.

[55] Acknowledgement of debt from Barent Baltes to Abraham Vlamingh, 16 February 1647.

[56] Statement by Jacques Corteljouw about real estate of Hendrick Jansz Been, undated, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, fol. 225; imaged, NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_010_001, image 227 of 298; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[57] Tijeleman van Vleck on behalf of the heirs of Baerent Baltus vs. Isaack Claesen, husband of Eeggeijn Poulus, 7 April 1660.

[58] Admittance of Barent Baltus as a church member, 9 October 1630.

[59] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vol. 2: 315, 317, 321.

[60] Will of Lijsbet Baltes, 25 September 1655.

[61] Will of Lijsbet Balteus, 27 November 1665, in Gillis Borsselaer, notary (Amsterdam), minutes of conveyances, contracts and other deeds, 1 January 1664–30 December 1665, fols. 372r–74v; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/fcf5b42d-11ee-0d07-318b-5ea25cb2fb0b), images 370–73 of 401, citing call no. 1492, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Will of Lijsbet Baltus, 3 April 1666, in Willem van Veen, notary (Amsterdam), minutes and extracts, 1 January 1666–31 December 1666, pp. 804–805; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/02b4ea12-3ae0-b82a-ccc8-234be96e6704), image 111 of 1065, citing call no. 2876B, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Will of Lijsbet Baltus, 20 January 1668, in Willem van Veen, notary (Amsterdam), minutes and extracts, 2 January 1668–31 December 1668, pp. 29–30; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/ca5a4ae5-9d93-b83a-07e8-5f37913d5af1), images 13–14 of 525, citing call no. 2878, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[62] Baptism of Pieter, son of Barent Baltenssen van der Lipstadt and Sara Pieters, 7 March 1634. Baptism of Saertie, daughter of Barent Balthens van der Lijpstadt and Maijken Laurens, 3 July 1643.

[63] Baptism of Elsien, daughter of Baerendt Baltes van Lipstadt and Maijke de Quijters, 11 August 1641.

[64] Will of Lijsbet Baltes, 25 September 1655.

[65] Letter from residents of Gravesend to the New Netherland Council, 3 September 1655.

[66] Statement by Jacques Corteljouw about real estate of Hendrick Jansz Been, undated (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/).

[67] Letter from residents of Gravesend to the New Netherland Council, 3 September 1655.

[68] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, 2: 315, 317, 321.

[69] Tijeleman van Vleck on behalf of the heirs of Baerent Baltus vs. Isaack Claesen, husband of Eeggeijn Poulus, 7 April 1660.